Hi,
Can anyone please explain to me how to set up a static IP address on Mandriva 2006 please: I need a static IP for port forwarding on my Netgear DG834 ADSL Firewall/Router. I tried searching the forums for this but there was only one relevant post for mandrake and the latter was incomplete.

Thank you.:D

07-11-2006

Zelmo

Well, one way that works for most distributions is to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file (for Mandriva, it might not be in /etc/network, but just in /etc).
Where you see a line like this:

This assumes your router uses address 192.168.1.1, and you want your network address to be 192.168.1.10.

To be safe, just comment out the original line and add the others after it. Then if you want to change back, you can uncomment the original line and comment out the others.

07-17-2006

wapa17

Quote:

Originally Posted by dayesh

Hi,
Can anyone please explain to me how to set up a static IP address on Mandriva 2006 please: I need a static IP for port forwarding on my Netgear DG834 ADSL Firewall/Router. I tried searching the forums for this but there was only one relevant post for mandrake and the latter was incomplete.

Thank you.:D

..an other way (via KDE), not as quick as the posting of zelmo is:
open "SYSTEM/CONFIGURATION/CONFIGURE YOUR COMPUTER",
provide the root-password, click on "NETWORK/INTERNET" and then on
"Reconfigure a network interface".
Select "static" and type in the ip-adress you want.